The mother of murdered schoolgirl Paige Doherty has branded her killer’s appeal from prison as “cruel”, particularly before Christmas.

In an interview with the Sunday Mail, Pamela Munro shares that she approached murderer John Leathem when Paige first disappeared to ask for help in finding her - and that he remained emotionless as she worried about her daughter’s whereabouts.

She had no idea that her teenage daughter’s body was lying at the roadside miles away.

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Leathem admitted the murder but claimed the teen had blackmailed him, threatening to say he “touched her” if he didn’t give her a job at the deli.

Pamela - who rejects the killer’s version of events - added her family is trying to make the most of Christmas despite his appeal, adding: “With the appeal being on December 23, there is no way that our first Christmas without Paige can be a normal one – as much as we might try to make it that way for the kids."